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The Miranda warning is created 52 years ago today

by NCC Staff

It was 52 years ago today that the phrase “Miranda warning” was born, after the Supreme Court ruled in a landmark case about…

The Miranda warning is created 52 years ago today
Race bias in the jury room: what’s the solution?

by Lyle Denniston

Lyle Denniston, Constitution Daily's Supreme Court correspondent, looks at a Supreme Court case about racial bias expressed within…

The Supreme Court sends mixed signal on Hurst ruling’s meaning

by Lyle Denniston

On Monday, the Supreme Court turned aside a plea to require jurors to satisfy the toughest legal test before they may vote to…

Can only a jury impose the death penalty?

by Lyle Denniston

Reading a Supreme Court ruling of last January in a widely expansive way, a divided Delaware Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down…

Constitution Check: Will the right of the poor to a defense lawyer be expanded?

by Lyle Denniston

Lyle Denniston, the National Constitution Center’s constitutional literacy adviser, looks at the Sixth Amendment issue of a…

Supreme Court overrules Florida death penalty sentencing scheme

by NCC Staff

In an 8-1 decision, the United States Supreme Court has ruled against Florida’s capital punishment scheme, which says that…

Ernesto Miranda’s role in constitutional history

by Scott Bomboy

Note: Landmark Cases, C-SPAN’s series on historic Supreme Court decisions—produced in cooperation with the National…

The Supreme Court takes on assets needed for a criminal defense

by Jonathan Stahl

Today, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the case of Luis v. United States. While case does not directly challenge the…

Why Chief Justice John Roberts was eligible for jury consideration

by NCC Staff

The Supreme Court justices have had some downtime recently, and the most-prominent jurist in the land had an interesting day on…

Can justice be served in the ‘American Sniper’ case?

by Laura Beltz

In high-profile cases, a routine question is whether or not a jury can be “impartial” as required by the Sixth Amendment. But…

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